The ongoing problem of spoilers: I receive the majority my gaming news directly from industry sources, media news sites for the public and media web news blogs for industry professionals, face-to-face conversations with my industry friends, etc., so it's easy for me to tune out fandom during the moments of hype, but industry news can be spoilery too, even unintentionally spoilery for someone who can make educated guesses.
Add in how official tie-in products can also be unintentionally spoilery like that BLIGHTED Maker Be DAMNED game guide for DA:O that blatantly spoiled who Alistair really is (*headdesk*) right in the front of the guide, right on the page you might look at briefly to get strategy ideas for spec'ing your party characters. (*headdesk* *headdesk*) I still wonder if the official Prima game guide author (male) for that guide unconsciously assumed that the big reveal of Alistair's family isn't all that big a deal because Warden Male Cousland would want to know. (Never mind that any Warden Female in a romance with Alistair, *especially* a non-Cousland female, should take Alistair's big reveal outside of Redcliffe as an earth-shattering bomb shell.)
DA:I Trailer: Yeah, I've been expecting this trailer with this content for quite a while. I have a lot of opinions (that will probably get aired later today when I'm with a couple of industry folks although my female opinion will be in the minority) ... I very much like how the trailer positioned Cassandra. Given the role she plays in DA2 and how DA2 ends with that Cas & Lel scene in Hightown, I wanted continuity of Cas's story. Given her political position in the larger world and how she frames DA2, she feels like a good POV for tying Inquisition to prior events.
Oddly, I didn't know you have mixed feelings on Cullen returning as a companion or as an agent. Curious (honestly, I'm more interested in good story than flag waving for any specific character so nothing you might say would bother me).
Featuring a white human male warrior as the default Inquisitor. Surprise! Try picturing the look on my face. Next, try imagining what might come out of my mouth later tonight when with some folks from a competing AAA company.
The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.
Add in how official tie-in products can also be unintentionally spoilery like that BLIGHTED Maker Be DAMNED game guide for DA:O that blatantly spoiled who Alistair really is (*headdesk*) right in the front of the guide, right on the page you might look at briefly to get strategy ideas for spec'ing your party characters. (*headdesk* *headdesk*) I still wonder if the official Prima game guide author (male) for that guide unconsciously assumed that the big reveal of Alistair's family isn't all that big a deal because Warden Male Cousland would want to know. (Never mind that any Warden Female in a romance with Alistair, *especially* a non-Cousland female, should take Alistair's big reveal outside of Redcliffe as an earth-shattering bomb shell.)
DA:I Trailer: Yeah, I've been expecting this trailer with this content for quite a while. I have a lot of opinions (that will probably get aired later today when I'm with a couple of industry folks although my female opinion will be in the minority) ... I very much like how the trailer positioned Cassandra. Given the role she plays in DA2 and how DA2 ends with that Cas & Lel scene in Hightown, I wanted continuity of Cas's story. Given her political position in the larger world and how she frames DA2, she feels like a good POV for tying Inquisition to prior events.
Oddly, I didn't know you have mixed feelings on Cullen returning as a companion or as an agent. Curious (honestly, I'm more interested in good story than flag waving for any specific character so nothing you might say would bother me).
Featuring a white human male warrior as the default Inquisitor. Surprise! Try picturing the look on my face. Next, try imagining what might come out of my mouth later tonight when with some folks from a competing AAA company.